Fresh
In this roaringly comic and powerfully affecting road movie, Terence Stamp gives one of the year's best performances.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Finally, a comedy that will change the way you think, the way you feel, and most importantly... the way you dress.
1994 · 1h 43m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Stephan Elliott
Overview
Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
Director and cast
- Stephan Elliott Director
- Terence Stamp as Ralph/Bernadette Bassenger
- Hugo Weaving as Anthony "Tick" Belrose / Mitzi Del Bra
- Guy Pearce as Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow
- Bill Hunter as Bob
- Sarah Chadwick as Marion Barber
- June Marie Bennett as Shirley
- Rebel Penfold-Russell Cast
- John Casey Cast
- Murray Davies Cast
- Frank Cornelius Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's too bad that the requirements of plotting require movies like this to crank up the event count, when actually what works is just the daily minutiae of Bernadette's life.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Bernadette -- formerly Ralph -- turns out to be an excellent role for Stamp.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
The year's one clear candidate for future cult status.
Lucy Mohl, Film.com
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